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I haven't found one for this yet, and it came across my head earlier, just what would Europe's climate be like if it was shifted 15 degrees south?
Africa would also be shifted 15 degrees south to accommodate this, but Asia and Russia would stay at their latitude, meaning that western Russia and Moscow would be much milder with prevailing westerlies and being much closer to the new created Atlantic.
It would seem to me that firstly, Russia and Asia would benefit from milder winters towards the newly created west coast. Northern Europe where Scandinavia would be newly placed would have a temperate climate similar to current day southern UK/northern France. From 40N downwards the climate would be Mediterranean , meaning that London would be warm year round with a similar climate to current day Malaga. Central Europe would be a desert, while southern Europe would be borderline tropical..
Yeah, you would be at about 40N, and the first country exposed to the Atlantic. Your SSTs would be warmer, about 22C in Summer and maybe 13-14C in Winter. Your summers would probably be quite nice, about 24/16 range and your winters would be very mild, maybe 14/7 in January.
It wouldn't be good for snow lovers that's for sure!
Northern Germany would probably have a mediterranean like climate, my hometown would be at 38° North then, i assume a quite dry and warm to hot summer, because moisture would be blocked by the British Isles so we would see hardly any rain in the summer (i guess).
As for the winters we have a north facing coast, so i think we would receive the winter rain type of the North African coast here, but most probably with very few cold spells and a snowcover would become probably a once in a lifetime event.
Edit: On a second thought considering that most of Central Europe would be about 30° North and then in the area of the subtropical high ridge, is quite possible that our summers would be probably very dry like on the North African coast. Highs could be 30-32°C and lows about 20-22°C.
Not sure about winter temperatures maybe something like 18°C/8°C.
Sea temperatures about 15°C in the winter months and 27°C in the summer, so the North Sea would probably become the present mediterranean sea holiday-wise.
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Reason: Added water temperatures
I would love this new climate, that's for sure! If anyone who is good at editing maps to show how the transformation would look, that would be very helpful!!
Western UK would be similar to Portugal presently, with the west coast of Scotland being slightly cooler, maybe more like present day Bordeaux. Ireland would act as a slight block to the atlantic, although summers would most likely be warm and sunny everywhere. London in the south east at 36N would be probably hot in summer, similar to Malaga. About 32/20 in summer and 17/8 in Winter.
Germany and France is an interesting theory. The north of France and Germany would probably be a mediteranean climate, much like the southern coast of the UK, similar to northern Morocco or southern Spain currently. Summers 32/20 and winters 18/8.
As you go south, i'm pretty sure that from Paris stretching across to Munich, Budapest and Kiev, it would be a desert at 32N. Pretty similar to Cairo presently, in summer temperatures would be about 38/20 and winters about 20/10.
The current northern Meditteranean region from Valencia - Barcelona - Nice - Naples - northern Greece would probably be hot and dry all year round, being sheltered from the Atlantic and its southerly latitude located close to the newly created desert in central Europe would make it very sticky in summer and equally warm in winter. The mediteranean sea would be warmer all year round and would keep most of its heat, being further south.
Valencia and Barcelona at 25-27N would see summers about 38/25 and winters 30/22.
The southern Mediterranean in Europe - Malaga, Palermo, Herikalion, Cyprus, Tunis and northern Africa would probably be similar to the Caribbean. Cooler summers than further north, but wetter and more humid. Tropical lows would maybe affect the southern regions from about 20N. Summers and winters pretty similar, about 32/22.
The west coast of Spain, France and Portugal from 22N - 34N would be slightly cooler being the first in line of the Atlantic. The northernmost region - Brittany at 34N would be similar to Casablanca, with hot, dry summers and warm, wet winters. 34/20 in summer and 18/12 in winter. Furher south down from Bordeaux and it would be dryer in winters, reaching Portugal it would be warm all year round, at about 31/22 but wetter.
A climate like this: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biskra#Climate"]Biskra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] ?
No thanks, I would dislike June to September.
Germany away from the coast would be a desert, May-September would definitely be very unpleasant. Places like London would probably be capable of severe heatwaves reaching 50C seeing as desert would be only about 250-300 miles away. Any change in wind direction would bring extreme temperatures.
It is also interesting, northeast Europe would still be susceptible to cold winters from time to time when winds blow from the east/north east, but most of Europe would have warm winters.
It would be a unique climate though, unlike any other in the world currently. From temperate to mediterranean to desert all in the range of about 500 miles
Iceland would also probably have a climate similar to the Scilly Isles today, although probably wetter and cloudier
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